List of people from Saskatchewan

This is a list of notable people who are from Saskatchewan, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.

A

• Velma Abbott (1929-1987) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Mark Abley – writer
• Dan Achen – guitarist, producer, co-founder of alternative rock band Junkhouse
• Mel Angelstad – professional ice hockey player
• Hazen Argue - politician, Senator, MP, Cabinet Minister
• Colby Armstrong – NHL hockey player with Toronto Maple Leafs
• Riley Armstrong – NHL hockey player with Detroit Red Wings
• Brent Ashton – former NHL hockey player
• Dick Assman – gas station attendant facetiously given fame on the David Letterman television show
• Calvin Ayre – founder of Bodog

B

• Mike Babcock – Head Coach of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach, Canadian Ice Hockey Olympic Team, 2012, Head Coach, Canadian Ice Hockey World Cup Team, 2016
• Lorne Babiuk – director, VIDO
• Garnet Bailey – NHL forward, died on United Airlines Flight 175
• Mike Bales – hockey player
• J. G. Ballard – English novelist and short story writer
• Burke Barlow – musician
• Doris Barr (1921-2009) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Wade Belak – former NHL player with Nashville Predators (deceased 2011)
• Catherine Bennett (born 1920) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Red Berenson – Team Canada 1972, former NHL player and coach, Head Coach of the University of Michigan Ice Hockey Team
• Todd Bergen – hockey player
• Sarah Binks – fictional character created by Paul Hiebert, in whose gently satirical biography Regina figures as the rustic's metropolis
• Byron Bitz – former professional hockey player
• Randy Black – drummer for Primal Fear
• Trevor Blackwell – entrepreneur
• Mike Blaisdell – former NHL player
• Allan Blakeney – former Premier of Saskatchewan
• Derek Boogaard – former NHL hockey player with New York Rangers (deceased 2011)
• Mike Botha – master diamond cutter
• Ray Boughen – former mayor, current Member of Parliament for the riding of Palliser
• Johnny Bower – hockey goaltender
• Bob Boyer – visual artist, elder, university professor
• Tyler Bozak – NHL player
• Beverley Breuer – actor whose credits include Scary Movie 4
• Dave Brown – former NHL player
• Sidney Buckwold – former Mayor of Saskatoon
• David Luther Burgess – World War I pilot and politician
• Garth Butcher – NHL player
• Brent Butt – actor

C

• Hugh Cairns (VC) – World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
• Jock Callander – IHL all-time scoring leader
• Lorne Calvert – Premier of Saskatchewan (2001–2007)
• Scotty Cameron – hockey player
• Earl Cameron – broadcaster
• Wendel Clark – former professional hockey player
• Ethel Catherwood – Olympic medallist
• Emily Clark (ice hockey) - Olympic hockey player
• Lawrence Clarke – HBC official
• Reggie Cleveland – World Series-starting baseball pitcher
• Kim Coates (born 1958) – Canadian/American actor, Sons of Anarchy; born in Saskatoon
• Terry Cochrane – Canadian football player
• John Comiskey – football player
• Neil Stanley Crawford – politician and jazz musician

D

• Mark Dacey – 2004 Brier Champion
• Rod Dallman – hockey player
• Charlie David – actor
• Spencer Davis – general foreman
• Stu Davis - country & western singer/songwriter, recording artist, television and radio host
• Thomas Osborne Davis – politician
• Scott Deibert – former Canadian football player
• Graham DeLaet – professional golfer
• Ivor Dent – politician
• Phyllis Dewar – Olympic swimmer
• John Diefenbaker – former Prime Minister of Canada
• Robert Dirk – former NHLer
• Ken Doraty – former National Hockey League player
• Liam Dougherty – ice dancer
• Shirley Douglas – actor, daughter of T.C. Douglas; mother of Kiefer Sutherland
• T.C. Douglas – CCF premier 1944–1961; later leader of the federal New Democratic Party
• Rick Ducommun – actor
• Duke Dukowski – former NHLer
• Mathew Dumba – ice hockey player

E

• Jordan Eberle – NHL player for the New York Islanders
• Murray Edwards – one of the richest Canadians
• Michael Eklund – actor
• Dan Ellis – NHL goaltender with Florida Panthers
• Shane Endicott – former NHL hockey player

F

• Joe Fafard – sculptor and artist
• Sylvia Fedoruk – scientist, former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
• Feist (full name Leslie Feist) – singer-songwriter best known for her 2007 hit single "1234"
• Larry Fisher – murderer of Gail Miller
• Robert Fleming – composer, pianist, organist, choirmaster, and teacher
• Emile Francis – former National Hockey League player and coach
• Lisa Franks – Paralympic athlete
• Don Freed – singer/songwriter
• Dawna Friesen – newscaster
• Jackie Friesen – assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team
• Pete Friesen – guitar player for Alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and The Almighty
• Gayleen Froese – author
• Wes Funk – writer

G

• Michael Garnett – former NHL goaltender with the Atlanta Thrashers
• Chris Getzlaf – CFL player
• Ryan Getzlaf – NHL player
• Clark Gillies – former National Hockey League player
• Joanna Glass – playwright
• Glenda Goertzen – author
• Bruce Gordon - athlete and Detective Sergeant
• Dirk Graham – NHL player
• Thelma Grambo – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Mary Greyeyes (1920 – 2011), the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces
• Roland Groome – first licensed commercial pilot in Canada
• Tom Grummett – comic book artist
• Eric Gryba – NHL player with the Edmonton Oilers
• Peter Gzowski – resided in Moose Jaw in 1957
• Michael Greyeyes - Canadian actor, born in Saskatchewan.

H

• Chris Hajt – professional ice hockey player, Lukko
• Emmett Hall – former Supreme Court Justice
• Stu Hart – professional wrestling patriarch
• Scott Hartnell – NHL player
• Ellie Harvie – actress; portrayed Morticia on The New Addams Family; was raised in Prince Albert
• Dale Henry – hockey player
• Jamie Heward – NHL player
• Bill Hicke – NHL player with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Oakland Seals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins
• Douglas Hill – author
• Ray Hnatyshyn – former Governor General of Canada
• Randy Hoback – politician
• Braden Holtby – NHL goaltender
• Gustin House – Lyell Gustin, decades-long teacher of many eminent pianists province-wide
• Stan Hovdebo – politician and educator
• Gordie Howe – former NHL and WHA hockey player
• Bill Hunter – ice hockey entrepreneur (deceased 2002)

I

• Roger Ing – artist
• Into Eternity – progressive metal band
• Dick Irvin Jr. – Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster
• James Isbister – Métis leader

J

• Honoré Jackson – Métis leader
• tom jackson -actor and folk singer
• Colin James – six-time Juno award-winning blues-rock musician
• Harry Jerome – sprinter
• Christine Jewitt (born 1926) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Arleene Johnson (born 1924) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Marguerite Jones (1917-1995) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Daisy Junor (1919-2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

K

• Connie Kaldor – singer
• Miklos Kanitz – Holocaust survivor
• Ryan Keller – NHL hockey player, Ottawa Senators
• Donald M. Kendrick – Calgary native, choral conductor and teacher at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in the 1970s
• Dave King – university and NHL hockey coach
• Joy Kogawa – author and poet
• Kirk Krack – freediver
• Darcy Kuemper – goalie for the NHL franchise Minnesota Wild
• Chris Kunitz – NHL player
• Kaylyn Kyle – member of the Canada women's national soccer team

L

• John Henderson Lamont – Supreme Court Justice
• Annette Lapointe – writer
• Regan Lauscher – Canadian luge champion
• James Le Jeune (born 1910) – painter, born in Saskatoon
• Catriona Le May Doan – speed skater, Olympic medallist
• Curtis Leschyshyn – former NHL hockey player
• Brock Lesnar – professional wrestler currently signed with WWE; residence in Regina
• Sarah Lind – actor
• Art Linkletter – radio and television host of Art Linkletter's House Party
• Reed Low – former National Hockey League player
• Trey Lyles – professional basketball player

M

• Keith Magnuson (died 2003) – former NHL hockey player, Chicago Blackhawks
• Charles Mair – poet
• Kevin Mambo - actor and musician
• Tyler Mane – former pro wrestler and actor
• Yann Martel – Booker Prize-winning author
• Tatiana Maslany – actress
• Mike Maurer – CFL fullback
• Chris McAllister – former NHL hockey player
• Bud McCaig – co-owner of the Calgary Flames
• Ethel McCreary – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Brad McCrimmon - former NHL player and coach
• Mick McGeough – NHL referee
• Frances Gertrude McGill – pioneering forensic pathologist and criminologist
• Thomas McKay – politician and farmer
• Mark McMorris – professional snowboarder
• Gail Miller – victim murder by Larry Fisher, for which David Milgaard was falsely convicted
• Gerry Minor – former NHLer
• Mike Mintenko – Commonwealth Games swimmer
• David Mitchell, National Lacrosse League player
• Joni Mitchell – musician, artist
• Ken Mitchell – author, member of the Order of Canada
• Allan Moffat – racing car driver and four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000
• Blair Morgan – motocross/snowcross athlete
• Keith Morrison – former NBC television news anchor
• Brenden Morrow, retired NHL hockey player
• Farley Mowat – novelist
• Jerome Mrazek – hockey player
• Scott Munroe – American Hockey League player
• Garth Murray – NHL player

N

• Steve Nash – former professional basketball player and head coach of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets
• Zarqa Nawaz – creator of the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie
• Carey Nelson – long-distance runner
• Jeff Nelson – hockey player
• Darin Nesbitt – professor at Douglas College
• Ted Newall – entrepreneur
• Erik Nielsen – federal politician, former deputy prime minister
• Leslie Nielsen – actor whose credits include Airplane!, Naked Gun and Scary Movie 4
• Tanner Novlan - actor whose credits include The Bold and the Beautiful, "Liberty Mutual Bad Actor Commercial", Roswell, New Mexico

O

• Fergie Olver – Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster
• Paul Owen – cricketer

P

• Ryan Parent – hockey player
• Donny Parenteau – country music singer, songwriter, and musician
• Denis Pederson – hockey player
• Michael Peers – Archbishop of Qu'Appelle; Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1986-2004
• Michaela Pereira – Former CNN anchor, HLN Anchor
• Janet Perkin (1921-2012) – professional baseball and curling player
• Krista Phillips – professional basketball player (former University of Michigan Women's Basketball player)
• Rich Pilon – former NHL hockey player
• "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) (died 2015) – professional wrestler and film actor
• Jason Plumb – popular musician formerly with the Waltons
• Logan Pyett, AHL player (Detroit Red Wings organization) and member of gold medal-winning Team Canada in 2005-2006 (U18 Junior World Cup) and 2007-2008 (World Junior Championship)

R

• Doug Redl – Canadian football player
• Wade Redden – NHL defenceman
• Scott Redl – Canadian football player
• Drew Remenda – TV colour analyst for the San Jose Sharks and radio show host
• Chico Resch – former National Hockey League goalie
• Kyle Riabko – actor and musician
• Erika Ritter – playwright and broadcaster
• Jessica Robinson – country music singer
• Jim Robson – broadcaster
• Roy Romanow – former Premier of Saskatchewan
• Martha Rommelaere (1922-2011) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Terry Ruskowski – hockey player

S

• William Sarjeant – geology professor and author
• Fred Sasakamoose - First Canadian Aboriginal National Hockey League Player
• Brayden Schenn – NHL hockey player with Philadelphia Flyers
• Luke Schenn – NHL hockey player with Arizona Coyotes
• Karl Schubach – vocalist of metalcore band Misery Signals
• Thomas Walter Scott – First Premier of Saskatchewan
• Jack Semple – blues guitarist
• Shiloh – singer
• Sandra Schmirler (1963-2000) – former curler 3 time Canadian champion, 3 time World Champion, 1998 Olympic Games Gold Medallist
• Tesher (full name Hitesh Sharma) – singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer best known for his 2021 single "Jalebi Baby" featuring Jason Derulo
• Mike Sillinger – NHL player
• Brian Skrudland – former NHL hockey forward, two-time Stanley Cup Champion
• Arthur Slade – Governor General's Award-winning author
• Doug Smail – former National Hockey League player
• Theresa Sokyrka – musician, artist
• Brent Sopel – NHL hockey player with Atlanta Thrashers
• Levi Steinhauer – CFL player
• John Stevenson – politician
• Charley Stis (1884-1979) – professional baseball player, manager and umpire
• Jarret Stoll – NHL hockey player with Los Angeles Kings
• Neil Stonechild – high-profile victim of a starlight tour
• Joey Stylez (Joseph Laplante) – hip hop artist
• Stephen Surjik – television and motion picture director whose credits include The Kids in the Hall and Wayne's World 2
• David Sutcliffe – actor
• Anne Szumigalski – poet

T

• Dione Taylor – jazz singer
• Ross Thatcher – former Premier Province of Saskatchewan (1964–1971)
• Max Thompson – Nordic combined skier
• Dave Tippett – former NHL player, NHL coach
• Gordon Tootoosis – First Nations actor
• Shannon Tweed – actor, wife of Gene Simmons of KISS

U

• Geoffrey Ursell – writer

V

• Guy Vanderhaeghe – author
• Sugith Varughese – writer, director and actor
• Darren Veitch – former NHL player
• Jon Vickers – opera singer
• Suzie Vinnick – folk/blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

W

• Brad Wall – Former Premier
• Colter Wall — country and folk musician
• Owen Walter – hockey player
• Cam Ward – NHL hockey goaltender, Carolina Hurricanes
• Mildred Warwick (1922-2006) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• George Weaver – politician and metallurgical engineer
• Ed Whalen – host and commentator, Stampede Wrestling
• Elizabeth Wicken (1927-2011) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Doug Wickenheiser (1961-1999) – NHL player
• Hayley Wickenheiser – hockey player and multiple Olympic medallist
• Rick Wilson – hockey player
• W. Brett Wilson – Business man and former star on Dragon's Den
• Steven Woods – Quack.com co-founder, current Google Waterloo site director
• Henry Woolf – actor
• Janet Wright – actress and cast member of Corner Gas

Y

• Dylan Yeo – hockey player
• Steven Yeun – actor

See also

• List of people from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
• List of people from Regina, Saskatchewan
• List of people from Saskatoon

References